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PRESS CONFERENCE : FORUM ON COMPETITION LAW IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR", 10 OCTOBER 2016, PULLMAN HOTEL BANGSAR, KUALA LUMPUR
Thursday 06/10/2016
As you are surely aware, the Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC) was established on 1 April 2011 to enforce the provisions contained in the Competition Act 2010. In accordance with the establishment of the MyCC, one of its functions is to raise awareness among the general public of the importance of the Competition Act 2010 to consumers and its benefits as whole to the nation's economy.
As such, the MyCC will be organising a "Forum on Competition Law in the Pharmaceutical Sector".
The objective of the forum is to provide a platform to discuss issues related to competition in the pharmaceutical sector. MyCC will be inviting competition experts who are well-versed in this sector at the international level as guest speakers. Among them are experts from the European Commission (EC) and Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS), India.
Therefore, MyCC would like to invite members of the media for the Press Conference which will be held on the program's day.
Details are as follows:
Day/Date : Monday 10 October 2016
Time: 8.30 am - 5.00 pm
Venue: Pullman Studio, Level 1, Hotel Pullman Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur.
Programme
8.30 – 9.00 am : Registration
9.00 – 9.45 am : Session I: Competition Act 2010: Significance for the Pharmaceutical Industry
- Promoting competition in regulated industry.
SPEAKERS:
- Dhaniah Ahmad, Principal Assistant Director,
Enforcement Division, Malaysia Competition Commission
- Y.Bhg. Prof Dato’ Dr. S.Sothi Rachagan,
Member of the Commission, Malaysia Competition Commission
MODERATOR:
- Iskandar Ismail,
Director, Enforcement Division, Malaysia Competition Commission
9.45 – 10.00 am : Coffee Break
10.00 – 10.20 am : Introductory Remarks by the Chairman of the Malaysia Competition Commission
Y.Bhg. Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Siti Norma Yaakob
: Opening Address by the Honourable Minister of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives & Consumerism
YB Dato’ Seri Hamzah Zainudin
: Press conference
10.20 – 11.00 am : Session II: An Overview of Pharmaceutical Sector in Malaysia
- Points to be aware of in the pharma context.
SPEAKER:
- Salbiah Mohd Salleh,
Deputy Director, Pharmaceutical Services Division, Ministry of Health, Malaysia
11.00 am – 1.00 pm : Session III: Pricing in the Pharmaceutical Industry - Ensuring Affordability
- Impact of differential pricing by suppliers to dispensers
- Pricing regulation for affordable medicines
SPEAKERS:
- Ujjwal Kumar,
Policy Analyst, CUTS International, India
- Jorge Nieto Rueda,
Advisory, Public Aid and Draft Regulation Unit, Advocacy Department, Spain’s National Authority for Markets and Competition (CNMC)
MODERATOR:
- Y.Bhg. Prof Dato’ Dr. Sothi Rachagan,
Member of the Commission, Malaysia Competition Commission
1.00 – 2.00 pm : Networking Lunch (Link Restaurant, Hotel’s Lobby)
2.00 – 3.15 pm : Session IV: Intellectual Property and Competition Law
- Interplay between IP rights and competition law
- Distribution systems and parallel trade
- Pay-for-delay agreements
SPEAKERS:
- Harald Mische,
Administrator, Pharma & Health Services, Directorate General for Competition, European Commission (EC)
- Pedro Caro de Sousa,
Expert, Competition Division, Organisation for Economic Co‑operation and Development (OECD)
MODERATOR:
- Y.Bhg. Dato’ Ahmad Hisham Kamaruddin,
Member of the Commission, Malaysia Competition Commission
3.15 – 3.30 pm : Coffee Break
3.30 – 5.00 pm : Session V: Competition Enforcement in the Pharmaceutical Sector
- Market Definition
- Barriers to entry
- Anticompetitive agreements
- Abuse of dominance
- Differential pricing by suppliers- when is it anticompetitive?
SPEAKERS:
- Harald Mische,
Administrator, Pharma & Health Services, Directorate General for Competition, European Commission (EC)
- Ujjwal Kumar,
Policy Analyst, CUTS International, India
- Pedro Caro de Sousa,
Expert, Competition Division, Organisation for Economic Co‑operation and Development (OECD)
5.00 pm : End of Session
You are cordially invited to send your reporter and photographer/cameraman to cover the event.
Source : Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC)
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Name : Wan Nurhafizah
Tel : 03 - 2273 2277
Email : nurhafizah@mycc.gov.my
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